keyboard cowboy

noun

A person who runs a .com company, or someone who was around during the dot-com bubble.

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Meanings

nounkeyboard cowboy (plural keyboard cowboys)

plural keyboard cowboys

  1. InternetA person who runs a .com company, or someone who was around during the dot-com bubble.
  2. InternetderogatoryA hacker. (popularized in the 1995 movie Hackers)
  3. InternetderogatoryA person who posts inflammatory remarks from behind the anonymity of an online username; a keyboard warrior.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
keyboard warrior
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APA

keyboard cowboy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keyboard%20cowboy

MLA

“keyboard cowboy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keyboard%20cowboy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “keyboard cowboy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keyboard%20cowboy.

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